Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] from [det] " in BNC.

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1 Again it is not merely the experiencing of the occurrence of each of these events on a number of occasions which is expressed , but rather what is known about the persons referred to by the subjects of these sentences as the result of either experience or receiving information about them from some other source .
2 He knew also that the human race freely chose to reject him ; it was only right that they should take some responsibility : mankind as well as God must be responsible for reversing the effects of the fall and for moving on to the mature relationship with the creator that had been ordained for them from all eternity .
3 We pointed out them from this side of the house er the local government 's finance act does impose both duties .
4 Now that I know the genetic formula of my insects , I can reproduce them at will , and I can tell the computer to " evolve " towards them from any arbitrary starting point .
5 He had heard of me from some of his colleagues and asked to see me to discuss the Labour Party 's decision in relation to the litigation it had brought , with my guidance , against the Manchester Guardian as a result of the leaks from the National Executive .
6 ‘ You have not heard of me from any other person ? ’
7 Oh dear oh it 's down about here when , did it the other day , and the woman just drove out straight in front of me from another lane
8 The whole legion of them from all sorts of different things , you know , there was the , the one about the , the secretary of the , of the club , the secretary of some organization , youth organization , said , in her annual reports , commented on how many young girls they 'd managed to get in the club that year .
9 Any citizen aged between 40 and 65 would be eligible to run for the presidency , provided he or she was proposed by at least 5,000 people , at least 200 of them from each province .
10 Some of the poems in the present book , only his second , are so old that I seem to remember some of them from another world .
11 We were here for six days before the camels arrived , but were reassured by hearing news of them from some of the many pilgrims who passed through our camp on their way to a famous shrine of Sheikh Husain ; all carried peeled , forked wands as an emblem of their pilgrimage .
12 Today there are some 600,000 Portuguese there , half of them from this small island .
13 Some of you from that part of the world will know that it 's a wonderful little shop , in fact it 's a gold mine and Jacqui 's going to tell me a little bit about her recipe for running that shop .
14 All she could see of him from this angle was that he was a very large man , broad as well as tall — so tall that he had to bend his head over his task .
15 Group members derive some of it from each other .
16 Well , of course , it is inevitable that one thinks of it from that angle from the way one has been brought up but actually one ca n't think of anything more barbaric than the Crucifixion and that way of killing somebody .
17 But my educated guess is that guitarists want to get an idea of the feel of something , receive an impression of it from another player , then go and try the thing and make their own decision .
18 It was not therefore surprising if , on our last day of excavation , we saw from our elevated position men on horse and foot making their way towards us from all points of the compass , and we were told after our departure the top of the hill was crowded with visitors . "
19 On that occasion Themistokles carried his view ; but ( Plutarch says ) the Spartans took against him from that moment , preferring to advance Kimon instead .
20 And yet tonight , in the quiet of this room , I find that what really remains with me from this first day 's travel is not Salisbury Cathedral , nor any of the other charming sights of this city , but rather that marvellous view encountered this morning of the rolling English countryside .
21 Those are just some of the memories I will take with me from this year 's Ryder Cup to join those I have of my previous three captaincies and I wish the next Ryder Cup Captain as much joy and success as I 've been lucky enough to experience .
22 Informational : The strings have information associated with them from some informational domain
23 In a sense it 's this , the unexpected , we all hope to bring back with us from such trips .
24 The Cosmos Consumer Protection Plan cover virtually every aspect of your holiday , from the moment you pick up our brochure to the moment you arrive back home , and because we want everyone to know where they stand with us it clearly spells out our obligations to you and your commitments to us when you book a holiday with us from this brochure .
25 The intense darkness that wrapped itself about them was like a black cloak that seemed to press upon them from all sides .
26 What we do have and have had for a long time in this country is an acceptance within our law and an acceptance within our definitions of freedom that there are responsibilities with freedom and those responsibilities in this particular case , we have long accepted the argument in this country , maybe not as much as erm , well more in fact than some of our colleagues abroad and maybe they could learn from us from this , but it is not acceptable to have the freedom to be unnecessarily cruel and in fox hunting we have a sport that is unnecessarily cruel , there are ways in which you can deal with rogue foxes , there are ways in which you can actually ensure that the fox community does not destroy the whole , er farming countryside .
27 Many thanks to them from all our branch members for taking on the job of producing our newsletter which is such a vital link and source of information for the membership .
28 As in Australia , they were soon working flat out with people coming to them from all walks of life .
29 I WRITE in appreciation of Broadgreen Hospital for the wonderful attention and care accorded to me from all the staff during the five days I spent there .
30 She sat down , and read to me from some of the most famous magazines in England .
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